Morning Edition 2007-10-30

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The company that’s developing a major project in unincorporated Placer County is asking Roseville to annex the project’s land. That means Placer Ranch’s thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue could shift from the county to the city.

Environmentalists are suing the federal government over a fleet of mothballed warships floating in Suisun Bay. The Natural Resources Defense Council says pollution from the ships is getting into regional waterways, including the Delta.

As fire-fighters in Southern California work to put out the remaining half-a-dozen wildfires, they’re faced with a new possible challenge: a weather forecast that includes more of those fierce Santa Ana winds.

The city of Sacramento is facing a rough financial future for the next few years, thanks to the nation’s housing crisis. A staff report for Tuesday's city council meeting says Sacramento could face up to a $55 million budget shortfall by 2009.